n. [ OF. lazare, fr. Lazarus the beggar. Luke xvi. 20. ] A person infected with a filthy or pestilential disease; a leper. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Like loathsome lazars, by the hedges lay. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lazar house
. (Med.) Typhus fever. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. pl. See Lazzaroni. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) Laserwort. [ 1913 Webster ]